concepts of normal waking consciousness and altered states of consciousness, including
daydreaming, meditative and alcohol-induced, in terms of levels of awareness, content limitations,
controlled and automatic processes, perceptual and cognitive distortions, emotional awareness,
self-control and time orientation
methods used to study the level of alertness in normal waking consciousness and the stages of
sleep:
– measurement of physiological responses including electroencephalograph (EEG), electro-
oculargraph (EOG), heart rate, body temperature and galvanic skin response (GSR)
– the use of sleep laboratories, video monitoring and self reports
the effects of total and partial sleep deprivation:
– loss of REM and NREM sleep
– sleep recovery patterns including amount of sleep required, REM rebound and microsleeps
– sleep-wake cycle shifts during adolescence compared with child and adult sleep including
delayed onset of sleep and need for sleep
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
DOT POINT #6
the interaction between cognitive processes of the brain and its structure including:
– roles of the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system (somatic and autonomic), and
autonomic nervous system (sympathetic and parasympathetic)
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
– roles of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex in the control of motor, somatosensory, visual and
auditory processing in humans; primary cortex and association areas
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
– hemispheric specialisation: the cognitive and behavioural functions of the right and left
hemispheres of the cerebral cortex, non-verbal versus verbal and analytical functions
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
– the role of the reticular activating system in selective attention and wakefulness; role of the
thalamus in directing attention and switching sensory input on and off
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
contribution of studies to the investigation of cognitive processes of the brain and implications for
the understanding of consciousness including:
– studies of aphasia including Broca’s aphasia and Wernicke’s aphasia
– spatial neglect caused by stroke or brain injury
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
– split-brain studies including the work of Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga
– perceptual anomalies including motion after-effect, change blindness, synaesthesia
Practice Questions
the application and use of brain research methods in investigating the relationship between biological
and cognitive factors of human behaviours including:
– direct brain stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
– brain recording and imaging techniques: computed tomography (CT), positron emission
tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Dot Point Sheet
Teaching Podcast
research methods and ethical principles associated with the study of the brain and states of
consciousness, as outlined in the introduction to the unit.
See Research Methods dot point menu item to go to revision podcasts.
VCE Psychology Unit 3Revising the DOT POINT Podcasts - work through dot point sheets with questions.
AOS 1 Mind, Brain and Body
Below are the Dot point sheets and Revision Podcasts
DOT POINT #1
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
DOT POINT #2
- concepts of normal waking consciousness and altered states of consciousness, including
daydreaming, meditative and alcohol-induced, in terms of levels of awareness, content limitations,controlled and automatic processes, perceptual and cognitive distortions, emotional awareness,
self-control and time orientation
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
DOT POINT #3
- sleep as an altered state of consciousness: purpose, characteristics and patterns of the stages of
sleep including rapid eye movement (REM) and the non-rapid eye movement (NREM) stages ofsleep
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
DOT POINT #4
- methods used to study the level of alertness in normal waking consciousness and the stages of
sleep:– measurement of physiological responses including electroencephalograph (EEG), electro-
oculargraph (EOG), heart rate, body temperature and galvanic skin response (GSR)
– the use of sleep laboratories, video monitoring and self reports
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
DOT POINT #5
- the effects of total and partial sleep deprivation:
– loss of REM and NREM sleep– sleep recovery patterns including amount of sleep required, REM rebound and microsleeps
– sleep-wake cycle shifts during adolescence compared with child and adult sleep including
delayed onset of sleep and need for sleep
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
DOT POINT #6
- the interaction between cognitive processes of the brain and its structure including:
– roles of the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system (somatic and autonomic), andautonomic nervous system (sympathetic and parasympathetic)
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
– roles of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex in the control of motor, somatosensory, visual and
auditory processing in humans; primary cortex and association areas
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
– hemispheric specialisation: the cognitive and behavioural functions of the right and left
hemispheres of the cerebral cortex, non-verbal versus verbal and analytical functions
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
– the role of the reticular activating system in selective attention and wakefulness; role of the
thalamus in directing attention and switching sensory input on and off
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
- contribution of studies to the investigation of cognitive processes of the brain and implications for
the understanding of consciousness including:– studies of aphasia including Broca’s aphasia and Wernicke’s aphasia
– spatial neglect caused by stroke or brain injury
Dot Point Sheet
Revision Podcast
– split-brain studies including the work of Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga
– perceptual anomalies including motion after-effect, change blindness, synaesthesia
Practice Questions
- the application and use of brain research methods in investigating the relationship between biological
and cognitive factors of human behaviours including:– direct brain stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
– brain recording and imaging techniques: computed tomography (CT), positron emission
tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Dot Point Sheet
Teaching Podcast
- research methods and ethical principles associated with the study of the brain and states of
consciousness, as outlined in the introduction to the unit.See Research Methods dot point menu item to go to revision podcasts.